For only the second time since 2019, an audience stood to hear the Great Bend Municipal Band play “The Star-Spangled Banner,” Thursday at the band shell in the courthouse square. The band had no concerts at all in 2020 and one patriotic concert around the 4th of July in 2021. Band Director Grant Mathews said they were glad to be back after missing two summers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s a beautiful evening for a concert,” he said. The band then performed “American Patrol,” a favorite in the repertoire of marches for over 100 years, Mathews said.
Source: Great Bend Tribune
